1:01 AM,
Nov. 7, 2012

Long lines because of high turnout greeted voters Tuesday morning at the Roland E. Powell Convention Center.

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Joe Mitrecic bear-hugged Mary Knight, lifting her right off the ground. Dennis Dare immediately started fielding phone calls. The crowd cheered for a landslide victory.

But even before the final results came in, two incumbents running for reelection - Joe Hall and Jim Hall, a 25-year veteran of the council - skedaddled once very low totals in their name were announced.

"It was a long campaign marked by a lot of negative campaigning - some deceitful advertising by a few," said former City Manager Dennis Dare, who was fired by the council a year ago, saying they wanted to move in a new direction. In ...